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__**OUR PRESENTATION OUTLINE TO DATE (3/20/10):**__ 1) Can monitor student grades/attendance - BAMMER 2) OdeseyWare, NovaNet - CHARLENE 3) Virtual-learning - ABBY 4) Better test results/student achievement - CINDY 5) MME Online Learning Experience requirement - DENZIN (This is fine by me.)
 * 6) intercultural difference - between South Korea and United States - Gyoung**

ABBY & DENZIN: I don't know if you wanted these topics, but I thought they sounded great and just including it in our outline for now...let us know if you planned on something else.

The presentation is 15-minutes, and each slide is supposed to be about 2-3 minutes, correct? So I would think that we would reach our capacity with what we currently have. What do you all think? Don't we have another group member? Kim, right? With that member's input, we would be set. Do we need some sort of introduction or conclusion slides? Maybe Kim could do those?

Thanks...**CINDY ROY**

As far as the style of background/slides, I think it should be a more professional look. This is from an administrative standpoint, but most likely this would be presented to administrators to convince them to use more technology. I like the "Concourse" style, but not hooked on it. What do you think? I think it is a good one, and I used to feel the way that Abby did with the darker backgrounds, but I have learned a bit about white backrounds lately. The marketing department at the law firm where I am employed has been working on our new website...it is changing from dark to white...maybe some of you have noticed that MSN changed from their blue to white...I guess it is the new look for today. Works for me and it only took about 5 minute to download the compatibility pack for those who need to. **//CINDY//**

This one would be fine with me. I don't have Office 2007, so I downloaded the compatibility pack to be able to view it. I'll let you know if I find one that I think would work well. Generally, I like ones that have darker backgrounds, but this is fine with me, too. - Abby


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[] -** I haven't had a chance to look at this in-depth, but thought I'd add it here anyway. - Abby Hi Abby, Welcome! I looked at your article and it gave several viewpoints I had not considered. The one that stands out is equity. Student that don't have computers/internet at home should have access at school. The schools responsibility to provide technology so that the disadvantaged will not be further disadvantaged.
 * Resources:


 * Reasons an admin would want technology:**


 * Shows school is high tech to parents, community


 * "Students ready for high tech world" (prepared for future)

-Teachers are held to weekly grade updates at Saline High this year. Idea is to keep common courses with different instructors at the same pace (monitor assignments, grading, etc.) SHS also blocked off parent portal during final exam crunch to allow for grade input and revision without constant input. Ability to "shut down" the window was lovely. **Denzin**
 * Can monitor student grades/attendance
 * I can do this point. I traveled all over with my principal, meeting with other schools to check out the different gradebooks like Powerschool and Skyward to name a couple. Our principal** wanted to be able to check out student progress and attendance if there were issues. He also wanted instant, up-to-date grades when home schools wanted them. He liked the parent portal but wasn't going to implement it right away. Many of the schools liked the fact that parents could check grades, but teachers had to be up to date or would be nagged by helicopter parents. **Bammer**


 * Use the "Alert Now" system all-call for updates on weather (snow days!), items of interest (exam review sessions)...anything that is a large pull that parents/teachers may not be aware of otherwise (although the items are usually also on the website and in the daily announcements) **Denzin**

(sorry, while I am crosswalked to the standards, my feet aren't held to the fire like you guys) -MME Online Learning Experience requirement: "Michigan became the first state in the nation last year[2007] to require all students to take an online course or have an online learning experience in order to graduate from high school." MDE website. **Denzin**
 * Glicks and clicks and hoosywhits can be updated electronically over paper

Interesting...I didn't know that. Which leads me into what I was going to say about just pushing for students to USE technology any chance that they can, even if it is for basic functions. Students need to feel comfortable about the integration of the technology evolution taking place in schools. State testing is primarily completed online anymore, so at my previous schools, we liked our tests to be taken on the computer to get the students familiar and comfortable with that testing setting and environment, ALSO, we needed to be sure to send them onward to high-school with the technology skills that they would need to carry them through high school, then on to college. **//CINDY//**

 I am taking this section. The last school I taught at in 2008-2009 before relocating back to Michigan utilized Scantron for tests which made is SO easy for teachers to see where students were not attaining mastery of curriculum objectives. I taught 7th grade math which was where AYP had not been met the previous two years. We were able to QUICKLY group our students after each test based on those who needed **reteaching, remediation, or enrichment,** and after almost a year of doing that, our students who passed their Standards of Learning state test (used for AYP) increased 100%. The pass rate the year before was 40-some% and the year that we used the Scantron scoring system helped us get our pass-rate to 80-some%!!! Maybe it helped that I was one of their new math teachers that year!!! Haha!! Well...true, right?? =) **//CINDY//**
 * Better test results/student achievement?


 * Parents can have some access to students progress


 * Sub/ emergency lesson plans easily accessible


 * Collaborative Professional Development- Google Docs is in use to help connect content teachers across the district on certain points during PD days.

We allow students to take some accelerated classes through Michigan Virtual High School. This works well with a small community where you might not have enough kids for a whole class. - **Abby**
 * Do we want to look at being able to offer classes on-line that are not available**? We are currently offering physics on-line because were not enough kids signing up for the regular class. But what about schools offering Greek or Mandrian Chinese classes? Charlene

I've been asking teachers and will ask our principal about OdeseyWare, NovaNet, ... I can put together a couple of slides on this information (pros,cons, expense). Anything to include? Not sure how it correlates with Virtual High School but I'll have these slides this weekend and we can edit them together. **Charlene** We are using on-line Michigan Virtual High School for students 1) who are enrolled in our alternative education program (i.e. students who are not successful in our traditional HS setting), 2) who cannot get desired classes to fit in the schedule, 3) have moral/religious objections to required material (new this year!), or 3) who are ready for college-level work. **Denzin**


 * Excellent point.** That could even be duel enrollment with a college.


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